Turkey & Rojava

[These slides were used for a talk to the Socialist Alliance Geelong  branch, July 1, 2015. For a PDF of slideshow see here.]

Rojava & the Kurdish freedom struggle

[These slides were the basis of an educational delivered to Socialist Alliance branches around the country in September-October 2014. For a PDF of slideshow see here.] 

Marxist philosophy: A primer

[This is the slideshow for a talk given at the Socialist Ideas Conference in Melbourne on March 24, 2012. At this stage there is no accompanying text as I spoke from rough notes but I hope the slides are useful. For PDF of slideshow see here.]

Hands over the city: Towards an urban nightmare

[This is an edited version of a workshop talk given on October 2, 2011 at the World at a Crossroads conference in Melbourne. For a PDF of slideshow see here.]

In this talk I want to give an overview of the crisis of our cities as I see it. The city I focus on is Melbourne, where I live. But I doubt that the broad situation is much different in the other states.

Cuba: challenges & changes

[The slide show and text of a talk given to the Geelong branch of Socialist Alliance on October 6, 2010. For a PDF of slideshow see here.]

Market greed or a planned economy for social need?

[The slide show and text of a talk given as part of Melbourne Socialist Alliance’s Socialist Ideas Seminar series on August 28, 2010. For a PDF of slideshow see here.]

The starting point for a discussion of planned economy or the present market-based capitalist one has to be the situation we are facing today. Humanity faces some huge problems.